Indochine film?

Question

Has anyone seen this movie? Do you think it talks more about France or Vietnam?

Answer 1

I saw that film several times -

Before all it's a film - a fiction- relies on historical facts and scenarizes characters in a history which enables to witness the classical grades of a tragedy - french young lieutnant falling in love with a young viet - very sweet - crazy in love with him - incidentally the lieutnant is also the lover of the lady (Caterine Deneuve ) who is the adoptive mother ofthe girl - not simple

of course the location is Vietnam, under french domination, hich colonialist bourgeoisie struggling against something which s going to erase XIXth century last limbs of colonial history - this could be the "french" aspect - but not that important

the film does not speak that much about France, but about a country experiencing a proceedure of war of liberation - this is the environment of the film -

If my memeory is still good, I think that the film is more important in the decription of people attempting to survive in a

very hostile and intricated situation, which of course makes their affair much more "romantic" since they are going to surpass their ordinary human condition - and become, foes and friends all in a whole, legendary figures in the local fame -

this is why your question - does the film turn around VN or France ? not really decisive

Answer 2

You are quite right this is about France, my country.

The dinner is quite interesting this is about the withdrawal of rooted colons. The colons feel at home in their new home and strangers in France. They built this emotional bound with the country they colonize. Love stories in the broad sense involving Catherine Deneuve, the other French and locals seem a fable describing this emotional attachment: impossible, absurd, not to last but the emotion is strong. The fact that one such relationships is the adoption by Deneuve of a little girl is pretty transparent. In that sense the exact colony itself does not matter as much as much as the fact that this is about farmers; expatriates who took roots and are about to loose them. A similar movie could have have be done with Algeria.  For the record the face of Catherine Deneuve has served as a model for Marianne, the  emblematic symbol of the French "patrie" a sculture of Marianne is present in all City Halls and on some coins.